Preparing to fight wild fires is only part of the solution, we must be more pro-active and prevent the fires before they start, or reduce their intensity by removing forest waste and fuel build up.

Home ownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.

Arizona faces unique healthcare challenges including uncompensated care for illegal immigrants, and the large number of Native Americans who live in remote and isolated areas of the state.

We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to their culture, but to the security of all Americans.

If oil companies were to invest their high profits into alternative fuel research it will help America move toward new forms of energy.

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history

Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in many cases.

It is common for rural hospitals and nursing homes to operate as a single unit in order to take advantage of savings related to cost-sharing of some services and staff.

I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress.

Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general, and Native American programs specifically.

The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations.

If I could repeat it, people passing by would be enlightened and go free.

There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.

If you are a friend of somebody and that friend is in trouble, you don't just drop them.

It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.

A vocation is the backbone of life.

Nutrition is not a private matter!

We shall march prospering,-not thro' his presence; Songs may inspirit us,-not from his lyre; Deeds will be done,-while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire.